Shaten Monastery

The Shaten Monastery (tib. zhabs brtan dgon pa; Chinese: 孝登寺; pinyin: Xiàodēng sì, also 夏登寺 Xiàdēng sì) is a temple located in Nagqu Town in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, which is associated with the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana).

History

The monastery was founded in 1724 by the fourth Drukhang Rinpoche (sgrub khang sprul sku; Chinese: 珠康活佛; pinyin: Zhūkāng huófó).^[1] Today, the seventh line holder of this incarnation line is Drukhang Thubten Khedrup (sgrub khang thub bstan mkhas grub; 珠康·土登克珠; born 1955),^[2] vice president of the Political Consultative Conference of Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and vice chairman of China's Buddhism Association.^[3]

One branch of the Tibetan Buddhist Institute (西藏佛学院 Xīzàng fóxuéyuàn; founded in 2011) was officially established there in 2013 (besides two others at Sera Monastery and Samye Monastery).^[4]

^ tibetcn.com: Xiaodeng si 孝登寺 (in Chinese)
^ cf. fo.ifeng.com: 中国佛教协会副会长珠康·土登克珠简历
^ en.tibetculture.net: New leadership elected in CAPDTC Executive Council (from: China Tibet Information Center 2010-06-30) - web.archive
^ china777.org: 西藏佛学院孝登寺分院正式挂牌成立
^ cf. chinadaily.com.cn: CPC Policies on the Governance of Xizang in the New Era: Approach and Achievements (November 2023): "Xizang has 2,373 cultural relics protection units under the protection of governments at different levels, 70 of which are key units under state protection."

tibetcn.com: Xiaodeng si 孝登寺 (in Chinese)
xztzb.cn: 那曲孝登寺：感恩党中央，传承爱国爱教光荣传统 [Nagqu Xiaodeng Monastery: Grateful to the Party Central Committee, inheriting the glorious tradition of patriotism and devotion to religion] (in Chinese)
bitterwinter.org: The CCP Wants To Control the Interpretation of Tibetan Buddhist Scriptures (Lopsang Gurung, a pseudonym)